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Hardcover. Educational Research: Material Culture and Its Representation Editor(s): Smeyers, Paul; Depaepe, Marc. Series: Educational Research. Num Pages: 230 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHBC; JNA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319030821
ISBN
9783319030821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.07

Hardcover. The Art of Science Editor(s): Lupacchini, Rossella; Angelini, Annarita. Num Pages: 223 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319021102
ISBN
9783319021102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardcover. Makes a contribution towards a more nuanced appreciation of the Jesuits' interaction with "modernity". This work contains six essays that provide a cross-section of the complex Jesuit encounter with the mathematical sciences during the seventeenth century, as well as a factor in the quandary faced by practitioners in their pursuit of science. Editor(s): Feingold, Mordechai. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 270 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402008481
ISBN
9781402008481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.89

Hardcover. This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors. Editor(s): Dunn, Dr. Richard; Higgitt, Rebekah. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBTM; HBTQ; PDX; TRLN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520630
ISBN
9781137520630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.93

Hardcover. Editor(s): Opitz, Donald L.; Bergwik, Staffan; Tiggelen, Brigitte van. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137492722
ISBN
9781137492722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.59

Hardcover. This volume brings together essays from leading thinkers to examine what role Asian traditions of knowledge played in the rise of modern science in Europe, the implications this has for the epistemology of science, and whether pre-modern Asian traditions can provide resources for advancing scientific knowledge in future. Editor(s): Bala, Arun. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137031723
ISBN
9781137031723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Hardcover. This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. Editor(s): Barbour, Julian B.; Pfister, Herbert. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
1995th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817638238
ISBN
9780817638238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 326.56

Hardcover. Consists of 104 biographical articles on eminent contributors to statistical and probabilistic ideas born prior to the 20th Century. This title covers statisticians such as Fermat, Pascal, Huygens, Neumann, Bernoulli, Bayes, Laplace, Legendre, Gauss, Poisson, Pareto, Markov, Bachelier, Borel, and many more. Editor(s): Heyde, C. C.; Seneta, Eugene. Num Pages: 500 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2001st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387953298
ISBN
9780387953298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.84

Hardcover. This book explores the impact of biblical reading practices on scientific thought in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. It addresses the idea that the natural philosophers of the era forged their new sciences despite, rather than because of, the pervasive bible-centeredness of early modern thought. Editor(s): Killeen, Kevin; Forshaw, Peter J. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HRCG3; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507074
ISBN
9780230507074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Hardcover. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, Brett M.; Hodge, Joseph M. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252288
ISBN
9780230252288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230105331
ISBN
9780230105331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Hardcover. The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour. Editor(s): Launius, Roger D.; Fleming, James Rodger; DeVorkin, David H. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 399 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMP; 3JH; 3JJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230105324
ISBN
9780230105324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Walsh, Lynda; Boyle, Casey. Num Pages: 260 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319512679
ISBN
9783319512679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.94

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bertlmann, Reinhold; Zeilinger, Anton. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 533 pages, 113 black & white illustrations, 87 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHQ; UYA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319389851
ISBN
9783319389851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.92

Hardcover. Editor(s): Asselmeyer-Maluga, Torsten. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 334 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 347 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319312972
ISBN
9783319312972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Roberts, Peder; Van der Watt, Lize-Marie; Howkins, Adrian. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 337 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTS; HBAH; HBJQ; HBL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137545749
ISBN
9781137545749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.24

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, 47 tables 26 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA; PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605500
ISBN
9780691605500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.03
€ 45.21

Paperback. From Bell's Theorem to experiments in quantum entanglement, this book helps readers gain a solid understanding of one of the most fascinating areas of contemporary physics. It illuminates the many logical paradoxes of quantum physics without using mathematics. Num Pages: 109 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319054728
ISBN
9783319054728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Paperback. This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female monasticism and compares their position to the position of women in other religious military orders. Introducing questions of gender into the history of the military orders. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBW; HRJ; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349295722
ISBN
9781349295722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642286476
ISBN
9783642286476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.46

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